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CVE-2020-13949

In Apache Thrift 0.9.3 to 0.13.0, malicious RPC clients could send short messages which would result in a large memory a

In Apache Thrift 0.9.3 to 0.13.0, malicious RPC clients could send short messages which would result in a large memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of service.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00734
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules2 YARA rules0

Weakness Classification

Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.apache.thrift:libthrift HIGH fixed in 0.14.0

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2
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSAM Registry Hive Handle Request
producthighCritical Hive In Suspicious Location Access Bits Cleared

Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security@apache.org
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Network Adjacent Local Physical
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None Low High
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None Required
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Unchanged Changed
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None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD12 Feb 2021 · 08:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vendor Advisories

4
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11459-1
rhsaRHSA-2025:9582Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2021:5134Critical
rhsaRHSA-2021:2543Moderate
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